Mop-holder.



R. KLINE.

MOP HOLDER.

APPLICATION mum 0052.29.1909

Patented Aug.9,1910.

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ROBERT KLINE,' OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

MOP-HOLDER.

Application filed October 29, 1909.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

Serial No. 525,288.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT KLINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mop-holders, and moreparticularly that type or class adapted to be used by the hand inwashing and cleansing small household vessels, such as kitchen utensilsand the like, the present invention being specially designed for use asa mop-holder for use in the washing and cleansing of bath-tubs, and withthis end in view is provided with a hooked handle adapted to takeoverthe upper marginal rim of the bath-tub whereby the holder may bereadily suspended outside of the bath-tub when not in use.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a generally improvedarticle of this class, of simple, cheap, and efficient construction,better adapted to its intended purposes than any other device of thesame class with which I am acquainted.

With the above mentioned ends in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, hereinafterdescribed, illustrated in one of its embodiments in the accompanyingdrawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure1, is a perspective view of a mop-holder constructed in accordance withthis invention in operative engagement with a mop-cloth preparatory touse. Fig. 2, a top plan view of the same with the mop-cloth removed, theclamping member being shown in clamping engagement with the adjacentloop-head. Fig. 3, a top plan view of the same with the clamping memberin released position.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all thefigures of the drawings.

The improved mop-holder is preferably formed of a single length ofspring wire bent upon itself and twisted, forming a handle 1,terminating at one end in a hook 2, and at the other in a mop-clothholding loop-head 3, and a cooperating mop-cloth clamping member to benow described.

The cooperating clamping member comprises a plurality of spring loopmembers consisting of a main median loop 4, adapted to rest above andproject beyond the front of the loop-head and terminating at its sidesin spring loop members 5, adapted to support the intermediate portionsof the mopcloth when clamped in position, as hereinafter described. Thespring loop members 5, terminate in side members 6, provided at theirfront and rear ends with projecting nose portions 5 and 6*, said noseportions being adapted to be pressed beneath and to engage the adjacentportions of the loophead 4:, when in clamping engagement as illustratedmost clearly in Fig. 2, of the drawings. I

In use the mop-cloth is preferably folded in suitable form to cover theloop-head 4, and is inserted between the latter and the adjacentclamping member when these parts are in open position as indicated inFig. 3, of the drawings, after which the nose portions 5 and 6, of theclamping spring loop members are pressed within and beneath theloop-head 4, the resiliency in the spring members 5, and 6, permittingof the neces-.

sary movements in the nose portions during this operation and when thenose portions are pressed beneath the loop-head 4:, they will return totheir original position as indicated in Fig. 2, and into clampingengagement with the mop-cloth as indicated in Fig. 1, of the drawings.When in this position, it will be observed that the spring loop memberswill act to support the intermediate portions of the mop-cloth and willhold the same slightly below the horizontal plane of the loop-head andwill thus act as cushioning members for the intermediate portions of themop-cloth in the mopping operation when the mop-holder is in use.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the operation and advantages of my invention willbe readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is,

1. A mop-holder, comprising a loop-head and a cooperating clampingmember consisting of spring loop members opposed to said loop-head onone side thereof and terminating in side members provided with noseportions adapted to be pressed beneath and to engage the other side ofsaid loop-head.

2. A mop-holder, comprising a single length of wire bent upon itself andtwisted forming a hooked handle at one end and thereof consisting of aplurality of spring loop members having projecting nose portions adaptedto be pressed into clamping Engagement with the other side of said1oopead.

3. A mop-holder, comprising a mop-cloth holding loop-head and a clampingmember lying on one side of said loop-head and consisting of a main loopextending beyond'the members having projecting nose portions 15 adaptedto be pressed beneath and to-engage the adjacent portions of theopposite side of said loop-head When in clamping position.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

ROBERT KLINE. Witnesses:

ANNA T. TRUHLAR, FRED FL TRUHLAR.

